assignments : search
Due Friday 26 January @ 6 pm via eSubmit.
One hallmark of new media technologies is that consumers are also creators. Because these technologies allow us to easily edit text, image, sound, video -- often with free tools -- they empower individual creativity.
Research Required.
This assignment must be research-
based; students will develop a script and a bibliography of sources that includes at least two scholarly citations. This does not mean that you
must cite or reference material in your podcast -- you probably will not. In your annotated bibliography, you will tell us
how the resource relates to your project. Scripts do not have to be "verbatim" either.
We'll go over the specifics in a step-by-step manner throughout the course.
Search Assignment.
In this search assignment, you will 1) explore resources you can use for your final project, 2) demonstrate
your ability to search for and evaluate the credibility of online information, and 3) cite your sources
properly (APA style 5th edition).
There are two parts to the search assignment: sound and
more traditional resources.
Please include the following information in a text document provided via eSubmit:
1. State the research area you have selected - why you are
interested - and how the topic relates to communication or digital
media.
(1-2 sentences - preliminary statement is due 22 Jan via peer review)
2. Sound. Identify at least two audio tracks that you might use in your podcast. Include the title, a description, copyright information, location (URL).
| Title | Description | Copyright Info | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaintop Guitar | mood, jazzy | by Sharp, CC attribution license | http://unit-e.cc/minisites/as_days_get_shorter/ |
| Sound Effect - Foley | Cartoon Boing | Garage Band sound, no attribution required | Included with Garage Band |
3. Bibliographic Resources. Provide an annotated list of URLs for at least three (3) digital resources related to your topic. Each resource must be from a unique source. This assignment should include at least one scholarly source. (Two scholarly sources are needed for the final bibliography.) Provide the following information for each site/document (about 2-3 paragraphs for each resource):
- Site or document name.
- Site publisher or document author.
- Describe the kind of information provided. What are the key arguments?
- Explain how you know that this site provides useful, credible, and current information.
- Explain how you think this site will be useful to you as you research your final project.
- Provide the proper APA citation for this site or document.
| Grade | Criteria |
|---|---|
| 4.0 | Student provides excellent annotation of each site; offers well-thought out explanation why the sites/documents included are credible and useful. Resources are more scholarly in nature; no significant spelling, grammatical, usage, or APA style errors. |
| 3.0 | Student gives good annotation; offers relatively good information about resource credibility; a few spelling, grammatical, usage, and/or APA style errors. |
| 2.0 | Student annotates by quoting directly from the site; offers few details or relatively unconvincing argument about site credibility; a number of spelling, grammatical, usage and/or APA style errors. |
| 1.0 | Assignment contains fewer than required five (5) sources; unconvincing explanation of how sites relate to the topic; insufficient summaries; significant number of spelling, grammatical, usage, and APA style errors. |
| 0.0 | Annotated fewer than five (5) sources; no explanation about why these sites were useful; major spelling, grammatical, usage, and APA style errors. |
Copyright Guidelines
One of the goals of this project is to consider issues regarding copyright and new technology, you should to be aware of the UW’s copyright rules when using UW equipment as well as general licenses and copyright concerns that you will encounter when collecting samples. The UW also offers guidelines on the fair use of multimedia in educational settings. Perhaps most relevant for our purposes is that you do not need to seek permission to use copyrighted materials if you use no more than 10% or 30 seconds (rule-of-thumb) of the media work. When gathering samples for your podcast, you may come across one or all of the following license situations.
- Public Domain - Music and lyrics written prior to 1922 in the
- Royalty Free - Royalty Free music is music you can use in any creative project after paying a one-time license fee. Often, these fees are very small. There are a number of web sites offering royalty free music such as Shockwave-Sound.com, Royalty Free Music.com (which also offers a selection of free music on their web site), and The Music Bakery.
- Creative Common Licenses - Creative Commons Licenses are designed for musicians (digital and otherwise) to offer their work to the public but under particular conditions. Often these works can be used for free, as long as the original author of a sample of music is noted where the work is published. A great resource for learning more about Creative Commons Licenses is the Creative Commons web site and in particular, their list describing the types of licenses you will encounter when searching for audio samples at ccMixter (a community music site featuring thousands of samples licensed under Creative Commons).
- US Copyright - General US Copyright Law requires that you ask for permission from an author to record, copy, alter, reproduce, arrange or publish any part of their work in your own creative project. Often one must pay the musician or their record label (or both) for the rights to use their work. For more information regarding US Copyright Law visit the UW’s list of Copyright References.
Be aware of the various types of licensing and laws when collecting your samples. This will not only make you aware of copyright issues but will also give you food for thought about the Creative Commons license you decide to use with your podcast.